Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Merlin Attractions Operations Limited pays suppliers in 33 days on average — within its stated 7–45 day terms

CRN 06272935 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

33daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 26 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 45-day upper term.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 44% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 33 against 7–45 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 33d

0 days50 days

reported avg 33 days their filed terms 7–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 40% 31–60 days 57% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #107944, period 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025, filed 30 Jan 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Merlin Attractions Operations Limited pays within its stated range, 26 days past the shortest term. 44% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

45 → 33 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

12 days faster across the window. From 45 days in H1 2023 to 33 in the H2 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Merlin Attractions Operations Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 33 days against stated terms of 7–45 days; 44% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2026.

The direction is faster: from 45 days in H1 2023 to 33 now — 12 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 55% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

45 days

Dispute resolution

The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner while seeking best value for the business. We seek to resolve queries as quickly as possible prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Accounts Payable teams, it would escalate in the first instance to the person who authorised the relevant purchase.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	33	44%	3%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	30	21%	3%	30 Jul 2025
H2 2024	31	26%	3%	29 Jan 2025
H1 2024	31	24%	7%	29 Jul 2024
H2 2023	31	24%	7%	29 Jan 2024
H1 2023	45	29%	14%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	48	35%	16%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	54	45%	21%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	52	48%	20%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	67	62%	21%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	53	65%	16%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	42	85%	15%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	44	70%	12%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	41	62%	9%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	42	62%	9%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	55	69%	12%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Jun 2007
Registered office: ARBOR BUILDING, 16TH FLOOR, LONDON, SE1 9AX

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 33-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Merlin Attractions Operations Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 12 days faster over the window (45 → 33 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 33; across their last 6 reports it ranged 30–45 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

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Is this official government data?

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How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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